GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |